Garment hanger



Sept. 7 1926. 1,598,747

` J. F. sHARLEs GARMENT HANGER ATTORNEYS Patented Sept, 7, i926.

JOSEPH F. SCI'EARLES, OF SEGUE.

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GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed August 2?, 1925. Serial No. 52,921.

This invention relates to garment hangers and has for its principal object the provision ot an article ot the class designated, constructed so as to be extensible or con- 5 tractile simultaneously in two dimensions,

whereby it occupies a space at any time approximately proportionalL to the square ot its length. That is to say, it it be contracted to one halt its tull size, it will occupy ap- ]0 proximately one tourth the original space.

This makes the coat hanger convenientlj,7

stowable in trunk vor suit case, or even in the coat pocket.

Another object ot the invention is the 15 provision of a garment hanger having a curved coat supporting member Fitting the shoulder seam of the coat, the construction ot which is suc-h that the altitude oit the curved member increases as its width ei;-

20 pands under adjustment, so that the degree of curvature ot the shoulder member remains substantially constant, and it will still tit the shoulder seam, regardless otl the adjustment in width of the garment hanger.

Still another' object of the invention is the construction ot a garment hanger having an extensible trousers suspending member so made as to engage the trousers at the top by belt loops or buttons and to be then 30 extended, stretching the trousers until they hang smoothly in the original creases, without wrinkles.

Other objects ot the invention will appear as the following description ot a preferred embodiment thereof proceeds.

ln the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view ot the garment hanger, in extended position,

Fig. 2 is a plan view ot the trousers suspending member, contracted,

Fig. 3 is a. similar view, showing the trousers engaging portion extended to full width position.

Referring now in detail to the several iigures, the numeral 1 represents the coat supporting member, which is formed ot two wires, 2 and 3 ot similar curvature and suitable gauge, overlapped at the center, and each looped to slidably embrace the other, as shown at 4e and 5, so that when the ends ot the arch formed by said wires are pushed together in the act ot contracting the coat hanger, the wires 1 and 2 will slide treely, utilizing one another as tracks.

The trousers suspendingmember consists ot oppositely extending sections 6 and 7, ot

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wire construction, each preferably consisting of a single wire bent to have a transverse middle portion 8 looped at its entremlties, as shown at 9 and 10, and continuing, as spaced aarallel sides 11 and 12, towards end of the garment hanger, the sides being there bent into V-shaped hooks having angular bends 111 and tree ends 15. The sides are reinforced, adjacent the hooks, with transverse braces 16 and 1'?.

The sides of each section ot the trousers supporting member overlap, the loops 9 and 10 of each section slidably embracing the sides ot the other section, so that the two sections may be pushed together or drawn apart.

Coupling rods 18 and 19 are carried by the sections of the trousers suspending member, each rod being looped at its inner end around the transverse portion ot the section wi h which it is associated at an intermediate part, as shown at 20, continuing parallel with the sides ot that section to the end thereoit, terminating in a loop 21 which forms a link joint with a loop 22 formed at the adjacent end ot the coat supporting member, so that when the coat supporting member is extended, the sections ot the trousers suspending member will be slidably drawn into position ot extension. The rods 18 and 19 are preferably soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the braces 16 and 17.

In using the trousers suspending member, adjacent belt loops at the front and rear ot the trousers are slipped over the tree ends ot' the hooks 15, or in the case ot buttons, adjacent buttons at the front and rear ot the trousers are arranged with their shanks resting` in the angular bends 14, while the garment hanger is in contracted position. The hanger is then extended sufficiently to stretch the trousers to the point where the wrinkles are all smoothed out and the trousers hang in their original creases.

A ring 9,8 freely surrounds the overlapped portions oit the wires of the coat supporting member 1, to which ring` the struts 24: and 25 are linlrably attached at their' upper ends. The opposite ends ot said struts are freely looped around the transverse portions 8 ot the sections 6 and 7 ot the trousers suspending member. Not only do the struts materially stiften the structure otl the garnent hanger, but they perform the very important function ot varying the altitude ot' the arch ot the coat supporting member. It

is obvious that since the transverse portions 8 recede from one another when the sections 6 and 7 are pushed together the struts will assume a position or comparatively lat obliquity when the garment hanger is contracted, but that when it is expanded the struts will be moved to a position approaching the vertical, pushing upwardly the middle of the coat supporting member, thereby increasing the altitude thercoi" simultaneously' with its increase in length and maintaining the curvature of the coat supporting member substantially const-.int so that it will always conform to the shoulder seam, irrespective of the degree of adjustment oi' the trousers suspending meinber made necessary in accommodating it to various widths ofA trousers.

A hook 26 is linlrably attached to the ring 23, by means of which the garment hanger may be hung up. The hooi; may be permitted to drop tothe position shown in Fig. l, or to any other convenient position, so as to be out of the way when the garment hanger is collapsed for storing` it away when not in use.

It is to be understood that the construction of a device embodying the principles of my invention is not limited to the use o wires, but that rods, wooden members or any other structural forms oi substance may bef substituted therefor; without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger including an extensible and contractile arched coat-supporting` member, an extensible and contractile trousers suspending member subtending said arched member and secured to the ends ot the latter, and means connecting said arched member and said subtending member for altering the altitude of said arche-d member approximately proportionately to the change of length of the subtending member.

2. A garment hanger including a sectional arched coat-supporting member', and a sectional trousers-suspending member subtending said arched member and secured to the ends thereof, said garment hanger being eX- tensible lengthwise, and struts secured to said arched member adjacent the middle thereof and to the sections of said trousers suspending member, said struts having an inclined position where the garment hanger is retracted and assuming a position approaching the vertical when said sections are extended, increasing the altitude of said arched member approximately proportionately to its increase in length and thereby maintaining its curvature approximately constant.

3. A garment hanger including a sectional arched coat-supporting member comprising overlapped wires, looped to slidablyv interengage, and a trousers suspending member including overlapping extensible sections, having parallel sides, each section having a transverse part continuous with the sides oi said section and looped portions between said transverse part and sides-saidlooped portions or each section slidably embracing the sides of the other section, said sides being 'formed their ends with trousers engaging hooks, means connecting the ends of said arched member to the sections of said trousers suspending` member, 'and struts loosely connected to said arched member adjacent the overlapped portions of said wires,

and connected to the transverse parts oi said sections, said struts having an inclined position when the garment hanger is retracted, and assuming a position approaching the vertical when said sections are extended, increasing the altitude of said arched member approximately proportionately to its increase in length, thereby maintaining itsl curvature approximately constant.

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